Re: [PATCH] pata_platform: fallout from set_mode() change

[Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:36:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Al Viro wrote:
> >Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> 
> This is already in the queue via Andrew, who caught the same problem.
> 
> Sometimes it seems like you and Andrew are the only people to build on 
> non-x86 these days...
> 
This is the first I've heard of this or the changes that caused this,
while I do build current git on a pretty much daily basis, -mm doesn't
get nearly as much testing.

There are many people who build on non-x86 every day, there are rather
less people who have the bandwidth for -mm as well as current git or
for tracking down changes that haven't made it upstream to make sure
everything plays nice.

If you want immediate action, I suggest you CC the authors of the drivers
when there's changes they should be made aware of, rather than deferring
to hand-waving generalizations about how no one does any testing after
the fact.